Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Spring17-Hurricanes-Dribble, Give and Go, Crossing, Finishing-5

SAQ

Juggling Challenge -

Various juggling challenges - right foot/right thigh/shoulder/head and back down the other side

Cruyff 5

Juggling races - one bounce to end line and back down

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

Dynamic warm up followed by reaction races

Bouncing on toes facing different directions/ on knees / legs

First one to touch coaches hand wins

Coaching Points:

- Be on toes

- Listen for coaches signal

- Reaction time

- Speed of movement

Semi-opposed

Organization:

As above

Instructions:

Player A takes a touch to either side to begin the activity then plays to B. B opens up and finds C. On C's first touch A becomes a passive defender and applies pressure to C. C beats A by combining with B using a give and go

Rotation: A to B, B to C, C to A.

Coaching Points:

- Quality of check

- Communication

- Quality of pass

- Drive at defender's front foot

- Keep ball close, touch on every step

- Play late as possible with outside foot

- Direction and weight of return pass

- Quick movement to receive the ball back again

Progressions:

- Attacker can choose to scissor instead of give and go

- Defender (A) is now live and trys to win the ball. Play 2v1 game to endlines. Keep score.

Conditioned Game

Organization:

4v4 or 5v5 with goals

Instructions:

- Teams score by finishing in goals

- Teams can use neutral players who are eligible to move up and down the line to create give and go's during sequences of play and also take crossings.

Coaching Points:

- Commit defenders and utilise numbers up situations

- Angles of neutral players

- Decision making of players - using neutral players for give and go or using them as a decoy

Progressions:

- Keep score, first team to five - losing team switches with neutral players